The University of Chicago Biological Sciences Programs celebrated its inaugural class of science communication certificate students during graduation for master’s and PhD students at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on June 5.
Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD, Dean of Master’s Education and Associate Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM), spoke during the ceremony and congratulated the science communication certificate class, noting that those skills are especially important to know and use in the world today.
The science communication certificate program launched this year in partnership with the ITM thanks to the vision of ITM researcher Vineet Arora, MD, Founding Director of the MS in Biomedical Sciences program and Dean for Medical Education at the Pritzker School of Medicine along with Volchenboum.
Participants in the first certificate program include everyone from physicians to residents to master’s students to PhD candidates.
Sara Serritella, Director of ITM Communications and faculty leader of the science communication concentration for the MS in Biomedical Sciences program, co-built and teaches the certificate, which is open to anyone across the country in a hybrid format starting in fall 2025.
